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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... inception in 2004 describing it as a tax increase because the money was not being returned to taxpayers. The latest wage increase data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that on a seasonally adjusted basis total public sector wages rose by ...

Consumers want more savings but have nothing to save

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... the idea of soft compulsion, where its defined as increasing contributions to 10 per cent each time they receive a wage increase or start a new job. Philippa Smith, chief executive of ASFA, said, "The respondents saw soft compulsion as a flexible and ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... that in any countries. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Peter Hendy said that the wage increase would cost employers up to about $2 billion a year, indeed the government's own modelling submission had claimed that a 10 ...

Economy slows slightly

The St.George / Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Business Expectations Survey has indicated a slight deceleration of the Australian economy over the September quarter due to a wages push. Businesses anticipate the rise in wages to ...
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